i need a new camera

yeah, i bought the cheapest camera around.  i’m still broke, and my old crappy camera malfunctioned some time ago.  the last one was a Sony, and I vowed as a consumer I will never support them again.  that camera was one disappointment after another.  but yeah, back to this one.  i had a week of activities to try it out with mixed results.  but it’s not like i’m some real photojournalist or anything, although i’d like to be one in another lifetime.

this is supposed to be the Fiery Furnaces.  yeah, i technically may be fibbing, but i swear that’s them.  kick ass show, admittedly i’ve only heard a handful of songs from them.  and i have to believe the Jersey hipsters there were in the same boat, save for a few “true” fans.  i tried taking pics from every conceivable section of the backroom, it was too packed to maneuver myself upfront, and that’s literally the best shot.  i was there for the music, anyhow.

that’s my friend Joe and his wife Gaby, and that’s their first dance and Mr. and Mrs.  The pics are pretty good when you’re up close and personal.

my sister Naty and her friend Annie.  at Medieval Times, where adults go to either accompany their young ones, or get tipsy and watch dudes in horses.  Good times.  It’s interesting to point out I would have never even considered going to MT as far as 5 years ago, most likely because of some false pretension (or more likely i was just very negative all around).  but of course in the company of good people, all is worth it.  but the friggin pictures sucked.  we sat in the last row of our section and this is pretty much how all resolution came out:

confession: i only paid like 30 bucks for the camera after gift cards, so who am i to complain?

That’s a picture of Valentina The Niece, just for the love of it.

once upon a time, i was excited about the idea of Red Bull Park

yeah, this is what it’s supposed to look like in it’s new theoretical incarnation.  as cool as it may be, this was supposed to be completed already, but the corporate entities of Red Bull and AEG disputed about many things, one of them the design.  apparently AEG, who among owning other arenas, also organize and promote concerts, wanted to build a permanent stage on one of the stadium ends.  Red Bull said HELL NO!, citing possible damages to the field due to any extra curricular activities.

Red Bull bought them out, and now we have a newish design, the only new idea seemingly some glass that will not protect the field from the elemnents, but will keep the patrons(somewhat) dry.

I dont even watch the New York Red Bulls, even though they have an exciting young player (Altidore) who may be shopped to a European team (possibly Benfica, under Freddy Adu’s recommendation).

It’s hard to remain excited about a stadium that may be ready for the 2009 season of a team I never watch.  The only reason I keep an interest is because I truly want futbol/soccer to rise in popularity in the U.S. of A. (that is to say, I would like the quality of play to increase, leading to a hike in popularity).  and i won’t support an organization that to this day utilizes Giants Stadium as their home turf, only to struggle to fill up 1/5th of the seats.  it makes for a truly miserable experience.

added to that the additional coverage of international soccer on our cable networks, why should one even bother with a lesser product?

Hopefully the new purrty stadium it will be completed by their new deadline, and above all let’s hope the talent on the pitch will mirror the quality of the field, something the corporations mentioned above obvious did not care much for.  I for one have made a mental pledge to support the new stadium financially by attending at least one game, hopefully more to come.